Table 1

Summary Statistics

VariableDescriptionSurvey Rounds
BIHS 2011BIHS 2015
Flood1 if the household was exposed to floods between BIHS 1 and 2; 0 if not0.03140.0314
(0.174)(0.174)
Storm1 if the household was exposed to storms between BIHS 1 and 2; 0 if not0.03240.0324
(0.177)(0.177)
ProfitTotal farm profits from cultivation, adjusted for rental transactions and costs of production1.6950.887
(2.734)(1.924)
Tenants1 if participates in rent-in transactions; 0 otherwise0.3990.366
(0.490)(0.482)
Rent-in landTotal area of rented in and operated arable land (ha)0.1300.124
(0.268)(0.301)
Landlords1 if participates in rent-out transactions; 0 otherwise0.2200.256
(0.414)(0.436)
Rent-out landTotal area of rent-out arable land (ha)0.07660.0903
(0.259)(0.275)
LandholdingTotal area of owned arable land (ha)0.2080.218
(0.427)(0.450)
AgeAge of the household head (completed years)44.9947.84
(13.68)(13.35)
Family sizeNumber of family members in the household4.2454.875
(1.562)(1.827)
EducationYears of education of the highest educated family member6.6127.452
(3.657)(3.604)
Extension1 if the household was in contact with agricultural extension services in the last 12 months; 0 otherwise0.07270.0811
(0.260)(0.273)
Subsidy1 if the household holds an agricultural subsidy card; 0 otherwise0.1050.168
(0.307)(0.374)
Transportation1 if the household is located within 1 km of a bus stop, main road, or train station; 0 otherwise0.6210.701
(0.485)(0.458)
Finance1 if the household is located within 2 km of a bank or a microfinance NGO; 0 otherwise0.2640.242
(0.441)(0.428)
Tractor1 if the household owns a tractor or plow-yoke; 0 otherwise0.1090.0764
(0.311)(0.266)
Idiosyncratic shock1 if the household experienced any idiosyncratic shocks between BIHS 1 and 2; 0 if not0.3630.363
(0.481)(0.481)
Rainfall deviationDeviation of monsoon rainfall from long-term average level of rainfall−18.92−21.86
(25.02)(23.49)
  • Note: Standard deviations are shown in parentheses. All data are from the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) data set rounds 1 and 2. All monetary values are expressed in thousands of US$ in purchasing power parity terms at the rates 26.61 and 21.87 Bangladeshi taka for BIHS rounds 1 and 2, respectively. All land measures are expressed in hectares, where 100 decimals = 1 acre = 0.405 ha.